City of Ashland, pastor sue over county’s alcohol sales vote

CATLETTSBURG, Ky. (AP) – The City of Ashland is suing the Boyd County clerk and elections board over an alcohol sales vote.

The Daily Independent reports (http://bit.ly/2b8OYEo) the city and local pastor Charles Shields filed the lawsuit in circuit court Wednesday, seeking a restraining order that would prohibit county officials from moving forward with next week’s election.

The lawsuit says the process officials used to order a “wet” election on alcohol sales expansion countywide is “fatally flawed.”

County clerk Debbie Jones says she knows about the suit, and the county’s board of elections will hold a special-called meeting Friday to discuss the litigation.

Voters in all 46 Boyd County precincts – including Ashland and Catlettsburg – would decide if they want to change the alcohol sales status of the entire county to “wet” in Tuesday’s election.

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Information from: The Independent, http://www.dailyindependent.com

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